#is this about blackevans?

[gigglesandfreckles-hp]

I loveeee how you portray Lily and Sirius's friendship in your fics. Truly one of the most underappreciated brotps. Do you have any BlackEvans hcs?

OH DO I

they got blackout drunk one time in 7th year and ended up sleeping together (in the literal sense) in sirius's bed. cuddling was involved and they were mutually horrified the next day. james reminds them at every possible opportunity.

sirius went wedding dress shopping with lily!! she wanted honest opinions and someone who would make her laugh and get tipsy on champagne with her so he was the only real choice.

they both know things about each other that james doesn't know about either of them. it's not an intentional secret-keeping thing, they just connect on things that don't really involve james.

sirius and lily completed more order missions together than any other duo. james and lily did a few, but couldn't always be trusted not to martyr themselves for the other. james and sirius did a lot, but they were a bit trigger happy when together. sirius and lily however played to each others' strengths with excellence.

they were partners in divination third year. she still couldn't stand him but they called truce during that class and had an excellent time making shit up every day. sirius was disappointed when lily dropped the class after third year.

lily never uses any of the marauder nicknames except for padfoot. (yes i know she says wormy in the letter but i don't care) she doesn't use it frequently but it's always tinged with affection when she does.

they bonded in a detention at the end of 6th year. sirius got the detention because he hexed snape for attacking james. lily got the detention because she...also hexed snape for attacking james. that's when they realised they had more power together than apart.

sirius is the least empathic person on earth but he can read lily like a book and correctly advises james on when to back off and when to crowd in.

the regulus/petunia parallels. obviously. sirius teaches lily to stop making excuses for her sister. lily tries to teach sirius to understand regulus's fear.

[iamthedamndonutdrawcat]

lilpad! lily's thing for obnoxious athletes definitely expanded onto sirius; she grew very fond of james' tag along :)

[jfleamont]

Hey for your jily muse, out of order <3

Okay this is unforgivable, I know. You sent this prompt over two months ago. TWO. This ask has been sitting in my inbox since the 18th of January, so you probably won't even remember sending this but I promise you I've been thinking about it constantly and waiting to have free time to work on it and I have this tendency to leave things unfinished so this is me working through that as well lol

Without further ado, here it is ❤️

Out of Order - 744 words

Evans is in the boys' bathroom. She's in the boys' bathroom and she's crying.

One of her hands is gripping the sink, while the other fruitlessly wipes the tears that keep escaping.

She hasn't noticed his arrival, and Sirius doesn't bother clearing his throat. “I'm sure there's a perfectly logical reason for this.”

She makes a startled noise and turns to face him, her expression a mixture of anger and sadness. It's comical, really, so Sirius laughs.

“There is,” she mutters as she wipes her nose with the sleeve of her jumper. Her voice lacks the edge she usually aims at him— and at James, too, though Sirius can't help but notice a slight difference there.

He walks towards her and hands her his monogrammed tissue - he's never used it for this purpose specifically, but it has proved to be useful during the occasional prank or after a rough full moon - which she grabs immediately. She doesn't thank him, but he doesn't expect her to.

“Ah well, that's all I needed to know. It's not like you're invading my personal space or something.”

She lifts an eyebrow and eyes him curiously, looking more like her usual self. “I'm sorry, is there a plaque or an inscription that I haven't noticed? Does House Black monogram bathrooms as well as tissues?”

“Not that I'm aware of, no. Don't give my mother ideas, though, she might actually try to do that.”

She makes an attempt at a smile, but it quickly turns into a quiet sob.

“Apparently there can only be one crying girl per bathroom, and Myrtle has claimed the one across the corridor as hers so it's out of order,” she explains as she tries to regain control of her emotions, “and I thought this one was empty since everyone is heading down to watch the match.”

“You were right... for the most part. Why aren't you going then?”

“No reason,” she replies, her voice even, but she's not looking at him.

Sirius thinks he knows why. He suspects it has to do with the good luck kiss that Cornelia Kettleburn gave James at breakfast and how quickly Lily disappeared after that.

“Cool. I'm not going either. Fancy going to the Astronomy tower for a smoke?”

She looks taken aback. “I— wait, why aren't you going?”

In truth Sirius wants to go, and James is going to kill him for this, but lately he's been claiming that he no longer has feelings for Lily, and Sirius hates being lied to, so technically this is just payback.

“James got on my nerves so I'm skipping the match in protest,” he adds with a shrug and it's the truth, because it wouldn't be fair to lie. “So, are we smoking or not? Got a fag I can borrow?”

She's not an idiot: she knows this is an olive branch of sorts. Sirius can tell she's deciding whether to believe him or not; after a moment she sighs, and Sirius knows he's won.

“Haven't you got your own? Merlin, you're cheap,” she says while producing a pack of cigarettes from her satchel and handing it to him, a smirk on her face. He's glad to see that she seems to have calmed down significantly.

“I'm trying to quit so I stopped carrying them around,” he replies and grabs one, putting it in the breast pocket of his vest.

“Looks like it's working,” she notes as she fixes her appearance in front of the mirror and readies herself to leave the room.

“Absolutely.”

“Why are you mad at Potter anyway? Thought you two were inseparable,” she asks as she walks towards the door, a step ahead of him so that he can't see her face.

“Can't tell you, it's a secret.”

She huffs. “You lot are starting to sound ridiculous with all these secrets,” she whips her head towards him, her disapproval clear on her face, though he's almost certain this is just another way of disguising her curiosity. “Is this little group of yours a cult or something?”

“It's a counterculture,” he explains as he exits the bathroom, “how else are we going to beat those bigoted dickheads? The only way to fight a cult is with another cult.”

He's just joking, but the idea doesn't sound half bad to his ears.

Apparently Lily disagrees, because she snorts. Loudly. “Not sure about that logic but you do you, I guess.”

“Thanks for the support.”

“Anytime, Black.”

[pangaeaseas]

I was rereading Prisoner of Azkaban and I completely forgot that Sirius was canonically described as James and Lily’s best friend? It’s mentioned way too many times to be a mere coincidence:

“Why hadn’t anyone ever mentioned the fact that Harry’s parents had died because their best friend had betrayed them?”

“He was going to live with Sirius Black, his parents’ best friend … He felt dazed.”

“For maybe half an hour, a glorious half hour, he had believed he would be living with Sirius from now on . . . his parents’ best friend.”

“He was my mum and dad’s best friend. He’s a convicted murderer, but he’s broken out of Wizard prison and he’s on the run.”

It’s not like the text had to include Lily here. She was not involved in the story of their animagi transformations or the creation of the map. Nor are Remus or Peter ever linked to Lily in such a way – their friendship with James and Sirius is repeatedly emphasized, and I think it’s probable they were friendly with Lily as well, but their own connection to her is never textually highlighted the way Sirius’s is. So I think the emphasis of Sirius being Lily’s best friend as well is purposeful (and even if it wasn’t, it doesn’t matter, it’s textually canon regardless)

It’s unclear when or how they became friends, but I love that James was clearly not the link connecting them together – Lily and Sirius remained in contact with each other entirely independently from him, as her letter proves. I remember reading somewhere that Sirius is the only one of Lily’s canon relationships that’s about her receiving support rather than giving it, which is what she deserves.

I think the revelation of Lily and Snape being best friends has overshadowed her connection to Sirius in the fandom, which sucks, because I think Deathly Hallows paralleled these two friendships in really interesting ways:

Lily got sorted into Gryffindor and looked back sadly at Snape … and then turned away from Sirius, who specifically tried to make room for her at the house table.

Adult!Lily wrote a letter with “lots of love” to Sirius … only for Snape, her former best friend, to tear it apart and claim it for himself after she and Sirius had both died.

Anyway sorry I went off a little lol, I just love these two + James a lot <3

i love blackevans friendship so much as well! it's just delicious they have such potential for a fun connection--and it doesn't need to have anything to do with James, it can be about them (though ofc they are also both close to James. they talk about him lol).

[chdarling]

Ok you know what? Chapter 43, “Stalking Miss Evans” is also up there among my favorites. Because Blackevans. Blackevansssss.

Sirius is such a dick I love him

Something about the image of Sirius flipping off a monk. It compels me.

He’s. Distraught.

Graham, internally: lol this fuckin idiot

It’s fine. Everything’s fine and no one is sad. 🥲

[lupinflowrs]

dont mind me im just busy crying about blackevans bffs(just imagine them sneaking around past curfew and gossiping/venting to eachother oh god im SICK)

pt 1 of a series of fanarts showcasing lily's dynamic with each of the marauders- except peter bc i dont want to draw him

[takeariskao3]

Written for @mppmaraudergirl and BlackEvans BFF Week! Day 4: Being Bros

"Go on, Evans." Sirius Black muttered softly.

Lily slid her desk mate a disdainful scowl and ignored him.

"He cursed a fourth year," he continued. "The poor fellow was laid up in hospital for three days."

Lily waited until Professor McGonagall's back was turned before whispering, "If you want to get back at Mulciber so badly, why don't you do it yourself?"

"Because I know you want to."

Continuing on with her notetaking, she purposefully did not acknowledge this assertion.

"And because you cast that nappy rash jinx better than anyone I've ever seen."

The corners of Lily's mouth twitched but she kept her eyes on her parchment.

"C'mon..." Black crooned. "He'll think it was me anyway. What have you got to lose?"

"My badge?" Lily shot back.

The look he gave her was alarmingly earnest. "What's the point of being Prefect if you can't get away with something every now and again?"

Her gaze darted across the room to where Mulciber and Avery sat heads together and muttering in the back of the class. She was loath to admit that Black had a point. Ever since the start of term, those two had been especially brutal. It would feel so good to give into the vindictiveness coursing through her veins.

The longer she stared at the Slytherin boys, the more her resolve crumbled.

Silently, Lily slid her wand out of the inside pocket of her robes and laid it across her lap. Sirius' eyes returned lazily to the front, the picture of nonchalance, but a sharp smirk lingered at his mouth.

She turned the wand slowly in her hand, the incantation barely a quiver on her exhale, followed by a soft whoosh from beneath the desk.

Lily didn't watch to see if her jinx had landed. Instead, she returned her focus to her transfiguration notes and waited for the inevitable.

It didn't happen right away, just a slight rustle from the behind them. Then, after a few minutes, the rustling turned to fidgeting which turned to downright squirming.

Lily listened to the escalating discomfort while clenching her teeth to keep from giggling.

Next to her, Black's shoulders shook with silent laughter, until finally, there was the clatter of a chair and Professor McGonagall's steely stare whipped around to take in Mulciber hopping from foot to foot while violently scratching his jock.

"Fuck's sake, man," James Potter blurted from the table behind Lily and Sirius. "Have some dignity."

The entire sixth year class burst into sniggers and cackles.

"Mr. Mulciber!" McGonagall clipped sternly. "You will stop fapping about this instant or you will leave my class."

Mulciber's replying grunt could hardly be considered coherent, but he seemed to realize his situation was beyond help or explanation. He cast one last hate-filled expression toward James and Sirius and then rushed out the door with tears in his eyes.

Professor McGonagall attempted to call everyone's attention back to the front, and Lily had to cover her mouth with her hand to hide her snort.

Black nudged her elbow and muttered, "Nice one, Evans."

"You know," a low voice interjected from over her shoulder. Lily glanced around to see Potter leaning forward over his desk to look between them. "I'm not sure I like the two of you being friends."

"We're not friends," Lily hissed, but to her eternal mortification there was a fondness in her tone of voice.

Black raised a sardonic eyebrow. "Allies, then?"

Shaking her head, she bit the inside of her cheek to hold back a grin.

"Whatever you call it," Potter added quietly, "It's unsettling to see the two of you working together."

His expression looked anything but wary. He looked positively giddy. Lily's breath caught at the sparkle in his eyes, followed by the involuntary smile that seemed to take over her face anytime his attention was solely focused on her.

She internally chastised herself for her ridiculous response to his proximity and attempted to quash the feelings heating her middle.

"Don't get used to it."

"I'm not so sure, Prongs," whispered Black smugly. "She's had a taste of delinquency, now. I think she's one of us."

Potter's eyes widened in mock fear. "Absolutely terrifying."

"Potter!" McGonagall cut in harshly. "Sit. Down."

James shrank back into his chair and mumbled a quick, "Sorry, Professor."

McGonagall gave all three of them a pointed glare, then began her lecture again as if there hadn't been an interruption at all. Lily felt somewhat scolded by the expression, but the satisfied retribution settling into her bones far outweighed it.

Something else lingered in the space between her lungs as well.

Something like camaraderie.

[yevanss]

@hprecfest Day 28: a fic over 100k

Everlong by @emeralddoeadeer [Jily, M, Muggle AU: second chances, emotional hurt/comfort (read the author's tags on ao3). Multi chap, 2021]

Summary: Lily meets her flatmate's new boyfriend, and it feels like coming home. A group of twenty-somethings face challenges as they navigate through difficult times. A journey through pain, miscommunications and complexities of the heart.

There are no words I could say that would make justice to the journey that is Everlong. A rollercoaster of a story that pulls at every heartstring. Wholesome. The way I care about this whole group of characters is not even funny. I will say this though, James and Lily may be the heart of the story...but its soul is all Blackevans. 🖤

[eastwindmlk]

Part 2 of the moving series! We have some BlackEvans goodness. Inspired by @goldenlionprince's Elevator Boys

Read part 1 here!

It had been a few days since Lily moved in and in that time she’d only seen James’ shapely arse running away from her during his morning jog. And once she swore she spotted both him and Sirius at Tesco’s but when she put her scandalous three bottles of white in her basket the pair had vanished.  Lily tried to not think too much of it. Maybe she’d just hallucinated them. Though she couldn’t help but recall the incident when she scavenged her bags for life together—despite having probably twenty at this point, she could never seem to find them— to do a big shop. She’d be hosting a few friends, and colleagues she trusted not to be creepy about knowing where she lived, for a housewarming. She’d figure out how to get said house ready before Saturday, right after she’d settled on a menu. If push came to shove, she could always… Well, shove everything into her bedroom and hope no one goes snooping. 

Keep reading 1.3k on AO3

[wearingaberetinparis]

You've Got A Friend In Me - 1/5

Written for @mppmaraudergirl's Blackevans BFF Week. Part 1/5. Sometimes friendship can be found in the unlikeliest of places, with the people you least expected to befriend...

If there was anything she hated more than she did her sister’s ability to whisper-call her a freak without her parents – being in the same room even – overhearing, it was the sight of the two Gryffindor boys – the banes of her existence – standing just outside McGonagall’s classroom. One’s presence was valid, the other’s aggravating and – she didn’t doubt this for a second – orchestrated so as to maximize her trauma. She was about to serve, after all, her first ever detention and if she knew anything about the two classmates that were waiting for her, it was that they had mastered the skill of gloating, had practically turned it into an art form. “Please don’t make things worse,” one of them - the 15-year-old bespectacled wizard - begged the other. His hand tugged at the curls on top of his head, while he looked at his friend with a degree of most uncharacteristic solemnity. “If I’m to have any chance whatsoever, I –” “Evans!” Sirius Black, wearing a positively shit-eating grin, exclaimed. Potter – for some reason or other, she couldn’t fathom it being out of any sort of embarrassment related to his causing her to get stuck in detention with his best friend – flushed, his mouth pressed into a thin line now. “How lovely to see you! You seem even more foul-tempered than usual, may I add.” Black included the latter as if it was a compliment of the highest order and not the clear insult she knew it to be.

Read on AO3 HERE!

[notorious-lightning-thief]

The Freak and The Black Sheep

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 "Sirius!" Lily gasped. Sirius Black was lying face-down on the floor next to an old-fashioned gramophone. Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here album was playing on a low volume. "Er, Sirius? You alright?" Sirius, not even bothering to look at her, responded. "Everything sucks, and I'm dying." "Uh," Lily rolled her eyes. "You are such a drama queen." She laid down next to him and joined him on the floor. "Can't you just let me wallow?"

Excited for @mppmaraudergirl's Blackevans BFF Week! Here's my contribution to Day 2: Family Woes. Just two of our faves talking about their shit families.

[gigglesandfreckles-hp]

is there any blackevans in our future in IBN???

of the chaotic besties variety, yes absolutely! and soon!!!

of the romantic variety, no...unless you squint and see what you want to see, in which case, be my guest.

(if you meant the latter, you would not be the first to want a dash of sirius and lily in this fic lolol. which i do feel responsible for encouraging because my blackevans dynamic will always involve them flirting endlessly with each other. but like...for fun? i don't fault anyone who ships them though at all because i think they would be so hilarious and awful together. james encourages the good in both of them but they absolutely encouarge the Worst in each other. so my jily will always prevail as endgame...but i'm not against some hilarious shenanigans along the way. not in IBN though!)

[tanglled-thoughts]

For day 3 of @mppmaraudergirl BlackEvans BFF week - Padfoot Knows ❤️

There was someone coming.

Was there? No. He was being paranoid.

No - shit! Definitely someone coming.

He whipped the invisibility cloak out of his pocket and managed to throw it over himself just before the door behind him opened, his heart suddenly in his mouth.

Merlin’s arse. This wasn’t creepy of him at all, being invisible in a girls’ bathroom.

He was going to murder James. He’d been so bloody adamant recently about wanting to find out the secret of this place before they left school - nobody really knew the story behind why that girl had died in here years ago - that Sirius had decided to come for a nosey round on his free period.

And he didn’t even have the map! Bloody Wormtail, insisting that everyone knew this place was abandoned so that he obviously wouldn’t need it -

He hadn’t actually even paid attention to who had entered the bathroom, as he was so focused on inching away as they passed him whilst at the same time trying to crouch to hide his feet. While also trying to hold his breath and prevent himself exhaling in frustration.

A quick glance now told him it was two of his fellow seventh years.

His eyes darted around the room, trying to figure out how he could make a fast exit without the girls seeing the door opening by itself. They had gone straight over to the sinks opposite, meaning the mirrors gave a perfect reflection of his only obvious escape.

“… think he’ll ask you?” Lydia Johnston was asking as she pressed some powder onto her nose.

“I should hope so, the amount we’ve been flirting this week,”

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[goldenlionprince]

Fooor the character asks: Lily and Harry pls 💕🦥

thank you! let's see

Lily

How I feel about this character

I love her. She's witty and funny and can stab someone with her words alone. My type of character (I feel you, James)

All the people I ship romantically with this character

James and Sirius, and both of them at the same time

My non-romantic OTP for this character

again, Sirius. I love me a good Blackevans friendship moment

My unpopular opinion about this character

She's not someone who blindy follows the rules. She's not all soft and kind (she loved people like Severus, James and Sirius, those are not the softest and most kind people you can find on the planet, I would say she loves competent people with darker leaning humor). She's not besties with Remus.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

Surviving counts, right?

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Harry

How I feel about this character

He's a poor boy who deserves so much better. Life really loved to give him shit.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Ron

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Ron works here too. Also Luna.

My unpopular opinion about this character

His anger in book 5 was totally understandable. Also, he's not dumb and oblivious. That boy has very much raw potential and his intuition is off the charts. He just doesn't get the time to study and do all his homework all the time when Voldi keeps sending new murder plots his way.

Also he's pretty good in potions, just not with Snape breathing down his neck (sure, the Prince's potion book helped BUT if he would be shit the best instructions wouldn't help him one bit)

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

unmarried DADA teacher Harry, you will always be famous to me

thank you and ask me more about some characters

[pangaeaseas]

Something about Lily, James and Sirius being a power trio during the First Wizarding War always gets to me. Lily and James were married, Sirius was James’s best friend and then became both their best friend, he was the best man as their wedding, according to JKR the three of them were the only ones at Harry’s christening, the three of them also intended to celebrate Harry’s first birthday together before Sirius had to go on an Order mission. Lily and James wanted Sirius as their Secret-Keeper and actively rejected Dumbledore to choose him, Sirius then persuaded them to change the plan and they kept it between themselves. He realized they were dead and immediately wanted to raise their son.

Lily’s letter to Sirius after Harry’s first birthday is so tender because it’s the perfect example of how they worked? James was frustrated cooped up, he tried to hide it from Lily (and was possibly trying to hide it from Sirius), but she noticed anyway and wrote to Sirius about it, telling him to visit because he was the one who could cheer James up. And Lily clearly relied on Sirius as a source of comfort and outlet of gossip for her own sake as well, which is one of the few times a woman in HP actively sought out a male character for emotional support.

Whether it’s platonic or romantic, I think three of them were soulmates.

a+ no notes. as a lover of blackevans/Lilypad brotp I have to say thanks for remembering that aspect of this excellent triad! and I agree platonic or romantic these three meant SO MUCH to each other

[chdarling]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

As always, excellent work! I loved the chapter sososososooso much. Lily being a baddass, poor poor Graham who's definitely gonna get in trouble and gonna get himself killed, the Blackevans friendship! THE JILY REUNION! AND THE SNAPE AND LILY CONFRONTATION! BEAUTIFUL ALL OF IT!

Except the roll credits, you monster :( I cried.

Anyway, I just hope you know when Lily was in the interrogation with Crouch (ugh!) and she talked about the picture of Carter-Myles and the Minister I just kept picturing this:

And boy if that wasn't hilarious in my head.

Anyway, again, loved the chapter and thank you so much for giving this to us and for all this work you're putting out here! I just hope you know we appreciate it a lot! Not only your writing (which is amazing and you write the characters so well and this whole fic is canon for me now) but this little community you've created. Just... thank you so much. Take care and don't worry about the next chapter!

Oh no the picture didn’t come through!

Thank you so much for the kind words though 🥺❤️

And sorry about that roll credits song 😅